Joshua Kosgei
- position Distance
- class Sophomore
- Hometown Kenya
- position Distance
- class Sophomore
- Hometown Kenya
Joshua Kosgei Bio
Career Honors and Recognition
2024 Indoor First Team All-SEC
Season and Career Results
2024
Indoor
Competed in four meets in his first indoor season and was part of the program’s first ever SEC Indoor DMR championship team … Ran the third leg of the SEC gold medal DMR team that turned in a time of 9:34.50 to earn First Team All-SEC honors … In addition, the DMR time set a new Carolina indoor record … Recorded three new Top-10 program marks in the 800m, mile and 3K events … Won the USC Indoor Open 800m race with a time of 1:49.06 to rank fifth all time in Gamecock indoor history … Ran the fourth fastest indoor mile in Gamecock history at the David Hemery Valentine Invite, clocking 4:03.66 … Closed out the indoor season at the SEC Indoor Championship, running 8:15.73 in the 3K for the fifth fastest time in program history.
Outdoor
Appeared in six meets during his first outdoor season with Carolina, running the 800m, 1500m and the 5K … Ended his season at the SEC Championship where he finished 18th in the 800m (1:51.01) and 27th overall in his first collegiate 5K race after running 14:50.31 … Made his outdoor debut at the Weems Baskin Invitational in the 800m, finishing runner-up with a time of 1:50.63 … The following week, he ran his lone 1500m race of the season at the Florida Relays, finishing eighth with a time of 3:46.28 which ranks seventh in program history … Had back-to-back third-place finishes in the 800m at the Wake Forest Invitational (1:48.90) and the Charlotte Invitational (1:49.39) … His time at the Wake Forest Invitational set a new personal best and ranks ninth all-time in Gamecock history.
Personal Records
Indoor
800m | 1:49.06 (2/17/24) |
Mile | 4:03.66 (2/10/24) |
3000m | 8:15.73 (2/24/24) |
Outdoor
800m | 1:48.90 (4/19/24) |
1500m | 3:46.28 (3/29/24) |
5000m | 14:50.31 (5/11/24) |